Tristan

The . and , in numbers is driven by foxpros' localisation settings and SET
POINT. The format should be fine if you have these correct.

Also the use alternative use of , and . is pretty common.... although we all
know the French are doing it the wrong way <g>

Regards
Michael Hawksworth

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> Sent: 27 September 2007 10:46
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> Subject: Estonian Numeric Keypad
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Long time no chat, I hope everyone is well!
> 
> We have an Estonian customer who has asked us if we could make entering
> numbers into our system easier.  Now apparently on an Estonian keypad,
> the period key ('.' also del) is actually a comma key (',').  This is
> because they write numbers in the following format "1000000,00" (this
> would be "1000000.00" in the UK).  At the moment, I when they enter a
> number into the system, they have to use the period key on the main
> part
> of the keyboard (also '>'), this thus makes it an annoyance when
> entering a number.
> 
> I think this might be because the input mask is something like
> "99999999.99" on some of the controls.
> 
> If I adjusted the input mask for this customer to "9999999,99" would
> this effect the results of some of the calculations?  Are there some
> SET
> commands I should be looking at for this regionalisation?
> 
> 
> Thanks all
> 
> 
> Tristan Leask
> 
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